RE: overheating-I give up-or maybe fixed

[Brian McGarvey <brianm@zbt62.eastnet.gatech.edu>]

Brad
pull your thermostat and drill 2 small holes into it.
at the bounds of the inner circle. alittle smaller than 1/16 bigger than
1/32.
that will help w/ the air.
brian


On Wed, 30 May 2001, Brad Sayer wrote:

> Well, I played around some more today, rechecked and cleaned all connections
> (electrical) that could affect this.  Filled it up, ran the car and it
> boiled over.  But, I was pretty sure I had a bunch of air in there, so I
> topped it off, and ran it again.  Still was pretty hot.  Pulled upper rad.
> hose to verify that water was flowing, replaced, refilled lost water, and
> all of sudden, things were working alright.  Now the fan kicks in a bit
> above the light at idle.  Still runs above the light at idle and even on the
> road, but not nearly that bad.  And oil temps are down to 105 (instead of
> 120 before).  Dont know what the hell I did, but it looks like its alot
> better.
>
> Brad
>
> 87 16V - a little bit cooler
>
>
> >From: "Brad Sterling" <bgsterling@earthlink.net>
> >To: "Cheapass Ron" <rapieper@yahoo.com>,        "Scirocco List"
> ><scirocco-L@scirocco.org>
> >Subject: RE: overheating-I give up
> >Date: Wed, 30 May 2001 12:38:21 -0700
> >
> ><snip Ron>
> >* And now for something completely different...
> > >
> > > Follow Ron's suggestion...
> >
> >Oooof...right in the gut.  Somehow I feels that I'm
> >not taken very seriously very often...can someone pls.
> >confirm or deny?
> ><end snip>
> >
> >No, no, no.  I'm on your side Ron.  Verify that the gauges are working
> >properly first.  I had this problem with my oil gauge (pressure was good,
> >but gauge was wrong), but I digress.  The part that was "completely
> >different" wasn't "following your suggestion", it was to consider something
> >other than the cooling system at fault.  Since Brad changed the switches,
> >replaced the thermostat, and flushed the system clean, I just thought there
> >could be something else to verify/check prior to pulling the head and
> >getting the water passages cleaned.  That's what I was getting at.  How
> >could I belittle someone who believes that an ounce of innovation is worth
> >a
> >pound of overpriced tools?
> >
> >BTW, Brad, since you drained and refilled the cooling system, are you sure
> >you have no air trapped in there?
> >
> >- Brad (still trying to apply the KISS principle)
> >'86.5 Volkswagen Scirocco 16v
> >'76 International Scout II
> >
> >
> >
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